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PORTIMAO, Portugal (Reuters) – Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati won the season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday to build a sizeable lead in the rider’s championship with maximum points after winning the sprint a day earlier. Bagnaia had won MotoGP’s first ever sprint on Saturday to move to the top of the standings with 12 points and victory in Sunday’s race gave him an additional 25 points. (Reporting by […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Sunday fiercely criticized plans by Russian President Vladimir Putin to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus and called for an emergency U.N. Security Council session to address the move. Putin announced the decision on Saturday, saying it would not violate nuclear non-proliferation promises and Russia would not hand off control of the weapons to Belarus. In a statement, Kyiv’s foreign ministry described it as “another […]

By Osama Khairy (Reuters) – Morocco coach Walid Regragui has hailed his team as history makers after they followed up their giant-killing feats of last year’s World Cup with their first win over Brazil in a friendly in Tangier on Saturday. The Atlas Lions became the first Arab team to defeat the five-times world champions, with goals from Sofiane Boufal and substitute Abdelhamid Sabiri earning Morocco a 2-1 victory. “It […]

(Reuters) – Indian financial technology company Paytm Payments Services Ltd has received an extension from the country’s banking regulator to apply for a payment aggregator licence and aims to reapply in about 15 days, the company said on Sunday. Paytm Payments Services, in the meantime, can continue with the online payment aggregation business for its existing partners, without taking on any new merchants, the company said in a notification to […]

(Reuters) – NATO on Sunday criticised Russia for its “dangerous and irresponsible” nuclear rhetoric, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, escalating a standoff with the West. Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Sunday called for an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council and for the international community to “take decisive measures” to prevent Russia’s use of nuclear weapons. DIPLOMACY AND SANCTIONS […]

MANCHESTER (Reuters) – Manchester City shook up the Women’s Super League (WSL) title race with a 2-0 win over reigning champions Chelsea on Sunday to move up to second place behind leaders Manchester United, level on 38 points but behind on goal difference. Chelsea had the opportunity to move to the top of the standings with a victory but looked far from their best as the result dropped Emma Hayes’s […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two people suffered shrapnel wounds following an explosion on Sunday in the town of Kireyevsk, around 220 km (140 miles) south of Moscow, the TASS news agency cited emergency services as saying. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known, but it left a crater in the centre of the town, in the Tula region. “The explosion sounded at 1519 (1219 GMT). Two victims, born in […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s transport minister on Sunday approved an aviation deal with Nigeria that will allow non-stop flights between the countries to begin next month for the first time, the ministry said. The agreement, which still needs cabinet approval in Israel, will let carriers from the two countries to operate flights between Tel Aviv and cities in Nigeria, like Lagos and Abuja. It will facilitate a smoother pilgrimage for […]

By Guillermo Martinez BARRACAS, Spain (Reuters) – Officials urged ‘fire tourists’ to keep away from blazes raging in eastern Spain on Sunday, saying onlookers were putting themselves at risk and disrupting efforts to quell the flames. More than 500 firefighters backed by 20 planes and helicopters were battling the fire four days after it broke out near the village of Villanueva de Viver in Valencia region, emergency services said. Police […]